יֵשׁ yêsh (H3426)

there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)

1) being, existence, substance, there is or are 1a) substance 1b) existence 1c) there is or are

perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist; entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (הָיָה (H1961));